Nokia X6 review

Expansion

I realise you're comparing this to the Iphone first and foremost which is not expandable, but would it not be worth mentioning that neither the 32GB nor 16GB version of this phone include a micro-sd slot?

Also, I consider it positive that the owner of a Symbian device is not restricted to downloading their software from a sole online store. If software isn't on the Ovi store, it can still be installed, unlike one of the other "best smartphones on the market."

If performance is a bad as you say, then that's certainly a major problem - it's slower than my 5800 at displaying the BBC (desktop) homepage (22sec), but I have the choice of installing a different browser on my Nokia, which cuts down the display time to 15 sec and also passes acid3. Your review of the 3GS doesn't mention how long it took.

By alynsparkes on 6 Feb 2010

It's also a phone

You don't mention how it fares as a phone. CNET reckons its audio performance when making calls is "tinny". [http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39030107,4930
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What say you? Also, my old Nokia 6500 has the Opera mobile browser pre-installed as an alternative to the Nokia browser. Does the X6? Finally, worth noting is that the 16Gb version is over £100 cheaper than the 32Gb version (see the nokia website), which skews the VFM factor considerably in its favour.

By ktillyer on 6 Feb 2010

James

What's the call quality like?

How good is it at picking up 3G singals in areas with poor reception?

Did you try the mobile version of Opera or Firefox?

How does it compare to the n900?

A lot of questions I know but for such a feature packed phone it is a very short review lacking in the detail a lot of PC PRO readers would like to see.

By JamesD29 on 8 Feb 2010

£299 (inc) for 16Gb

The price on the Nokia website for the 16Gb version places the phone in a different prce category to this review -at that price how many stars would it get?

By milliganp on 8 Feb 2010

Phone review please!

Yet another review of a PHONE where the phone's capabilites are ignored. Did the reviewer just sit there playing music all day? When will reviewers wake up and realise that we also need to know if a PHONE works well as a PHONE!! Otherwise this is a very expensive mp3 player, for sure.

By joebww on 11 Mar 2010

What about OVI suite?

You can't do much which is meaningful without the OVI support software -which is dire! Transferring data via the OVI suite takes forever (about 3 min per Mb). Syncing to my old phone which had about 2Gb of data took hours via OVI compare to 10 mins using usb disk mode.

By milliganp on 14 Jul 2010